Is « sentiment » masculine or feminine?

« sentiment » is masculine. You say le sentiment.

Article forms

With the definite article le sentiment
With the indefinite article un sentiment
With the partitive article du sentiment

Plural

The plural is sentiments (les sentiments). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.

Why the gender

sentiment ends in -ment. Nouns ending in -ment are usually masculine, so sentiment follows the pattern. The full rules by ending cover every common suffix.

Related words

Other common nouns that end the same way:

Common questions

Is « sentiment » masculine or feminine?

« sentiment » is masculine. You say le sentiment.

Is it « la sentiment » or « le sentiment »?

It is « le sentiment ». « la sentiment » is incorrect.


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